Cattle, centaurs, chickens, dachshunds, gorillas, grunion, horses, humans, mice, monarch butterflies, mountain lions, mutts, racehorses, raccoons, starlings and wood ducks ... You'll find all these, and more, in Creative Nonfiction's Animals issue!

Plus, there's an Encounter with Lauren Slater, who talks about her writing process, truth, and why people get so angry with her; Phillip Lopate on the ethics of writing about other people; Sarah Z. Wexler on magazine editors' unwillingness to adopt new technology; a literary crossword; and more.

From the issue:

• What's the Story by Lee Gutkind
  From the Editor
• The Butterfly Effect by Jennifer Lunden
  “It was the dead of winter, and I wanted out, so I flew to California—to Pacific Grove, aka Butterfly Town, USA, to see the monarchs. It was a journey home, really, though I had never been there.”
• “People are strangest”
  An interview with the issue's illustrator, Michelle Leveille